{"product_id":"olney-boys-see-ufos-mike-carlin-9798390883211","title":"Olney Boys See UFOs","description":"\u003cp\u003eFriendships. Schoolyard Sports. Ass-kicking Catholic nuns! UFOs. Streaking. We were kids packed into a close-knit Philly neighborhood, and we relished creating adventures together and pranking everyone - \u003ci\u003eand each other\u003c\/i\u003e - to amuse ourselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt was Olney in the 1970's.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBike jumping, The Olney Times, Roller hockey, Fairhill Street, The G, Green's, Knockouts, Fastball, Fisher Park, Mike Overowens, Deeter, the Fern Rock Diner, Fly-Catching, The 'Butter Cake Incident', Beatnik Slop, The Tracks, Carl Salemlight, Tae, The Tunnels, Stevers, The Yard, Mike Underowens. We were endlessly up to something \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eand everything\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd with a little help from his friends, Meak pulled off the greatest pranks in the history of Olney.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoin author \u003cb\u003eMike Carlin\u003c\/b\u003e for this raucous (and true!) tale of kid-ventures with his friends in Philadelphia, and the mischievous pranks pulled on venerable local newspaper, the\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Olney Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - and the bullshit stories that became the stuff of legend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-----------------------------------------------\u003cp\u003e\"Meak, it's gonna be hard to explain. It's like, you had to be there. So you got your work cut out for you, trying to put it all into book form [laughing].\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Jim \"Kills\" Kilgallen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It had a small-town feel to it. We were in Olney, one small neighborhood in Philly, but we had the Olney Times, the Olney Eagles, and so much more - it was great.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Joe Conklin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"That stuff with the Olney Times was just an extension of all of us constantly pranking each other. The UFO stuff was like the \"Grand Prank.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Mike \"O\" Owens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" I liked living on Lawrence Street. All the neighbors were nice, especially Peggy Kilgallen, Marge Kenny, and Dee Spagnoli.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Marie Carlin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"All that stuff, the memories - I enjoyed doing it all. Meak, there's an old Chinese saying, \"May we live in interesting times.\" And that was an interesting time in our lives. The '70s was quite a time.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Carl \"Carrel\" Meistering\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Meak, If there was a person who was going to write this book, it was going to be you. You guys - between you, the Kells, your brothers, Carl - all of you guys were like heroes to us. It needed to be captured.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Paul Owens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Carlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 839088321X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798390883211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.78d","brand":"Mike Carlin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44131645718783,"sku":"9798390883211","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9d27f6d8-68db-4960-9c3e-ddfffae3f480.jpg?v=1687475593","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/olney-boys-see-ufos-mike-carlin-9798390883211","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}